Though the council indicated that home - prepared
foods could be used, and «if properly prepared, are not inferior in nutritive value to the
commercial product,» it noted that the machinery at the
processing plants enabled a more finely sieved product that allowed optimal digestion and minimal stomach upset, though «methods of preparing
commercial canned sieved
foods vary somewhat in different factories.
Wild or uncultivated
plants provide about four times the fiber of
commercial plants (13.3 grams of fiber per 100 grams versus 4.2 grams of fiber per 100 grams, respectively).4 Certainly, there are some benefits to switching from a standard Western diet to a paleo - type diet — highly
processed foods, refined carbohydrates, fried
foods, and fast
foods are eliminated, and fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds are encouraged.